What are the functions Election Commission of India ?
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The Election Commission prepares, maintains and periodically updates the Electoral Rolls, which show who is entitled to vote, supervises the nomination of candidates, registers political parties, monitors the election campaign, including the funding and exponential by candidates.
Election Commission of India (ECI) :-
✔ a permanent Constitutional Body.
✔ Article 324 of the Constitution establishes the Election Commission of India.
✔ established on 25th January 1950.
✔ supervises the conduct of elections to Parliament and Legislature of every State and elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of India
✔ consists of Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. Previously, there were no Election Commissioners.
Functions :-
✔ Demarcation of constituencies
✔ Preparation of electoral rolls
✔ Issue notification of election dates and schedules
✔ Establish and enforce code of conduct
✔ Scrutiny of nomination papers of candidates
✔ Scrutiny of election expenses
✔ Allot symbols and accord recognition to political parties
✔ Render advice to the President and Governors regarding disqualification of MPs and MLAs
✔ Allot schedules for broadcast and telecast of party campaigns.
✔ Grant exemptions to persons from disqualifications imposed by judicial decisions.
✔ the central recruiting agency in Indi
✔ independent constitutional body in the sense that it has been directly created by the Constitution
✔ Articles 315 to 323 in Part XIV of the Constitution contain elaborate provisions regarding the composition, appointment and removal of members along with the independence, powers and functions of the UPSC